EIGHT cars were involved in three crashes last night. A woman in her 20s was treated for minor head injuries and neck pain after four cars collided on London Road in Leigh near the Thames Drive junction. The grey BMW 325 convertible, black
A DEVASTATED mum has paid tribute to her “blue-eyed angel” who died suddenly after catching a childhood bug – previously thought to be harmless to fit children and adults. Tahlia Raven, three, from Queens Road, Southend, died in her bed just hours
County Hall bosses are encouraging residents to attend free NHS health check sessions to ensure they are fit and healthy. New figures from Diabetes UK show that only half of 40 to 74- year-olds have taken advantage of the free service, which assesses
NEARLY nine in ten children starting primary education this summer will be going to their parents’ school of choice. Of the 16,000 parents receiving notification of places, 86.72 per cent have been given their top choice while 6.83 per cent got
5:28pm Thanks for all sending in your questions. I will be holding another question and answer session next Wednesday. 5:23pm With the season coming to a close which faces to
ORGANISDED "enviro crooks" are thought to be behind a string of industrial-sized waste flytippings in south Essex. Warehouses across Thurrock have been broken into before truck loads of mixed waste has been dumping leaving the owner with clean-up
A WICKFORD man killed his mum. A jury at Chelmsford Crown Court today found Emmanuel Kalejaiye, 21, was not guilty of murdering his mum Tolu Kalejaiye, 44, at their Wethersfield Way home. The jury said Kalejaiye was guilty of manslaughter through
BILLERICAY racing driver Daniel Brown is preparing for the biggest weekend of his career so far. The 22-year-old driver will be piloting the Gulf Racing Aston Martin Vantage GTE at Silverstone as he makes his debut in the European Le Mans Series
A BROKEN down van has blocked a lane on the A127. An eastbound lane of Southend Arterial Road was closed by about 3pm after the van broke down between the A130 overbridge and the A1245. The development is likely to cause delays.
THE Brentwood Diocese has named its new Bishop - a former scientist and teacher. Father Alan Williams was appointed as one of the region’s most senior clergymen by Pope Francis and will succeed Bishop Thomas McMahon - who had been in post for more
BRIDE-TO-BE Nikki Cross was greeted with a surprise as she returned to Southend Airport from her hen weekend in Spain. Fiancés and dads of the girls in the party were waiting at the airport for 28-year-old Nikki and her ladies to get back from
BEN Coker has signed a contract extension to remain with Southend United until at least the summer of 2016. As was revealed in Echosport earlier this week, the left-back has agreed to extend his spell with the Shrimpers. And the 24-year-old
BILLERICAY Town manager Kim Coster knows her team will recover from their disappointing 1-0 defeat to Colchester Town. Billericay were undone in the 26th minute when a Colchester corner landed among a crowd of players in the Eastern Region Premier
C&K Basildon Ladies are playing a waiting game before knowing if they will complete a league and cup double this year. The team are through to the final of the South East Combination League Cup which will be played next month. And they
FREDDY Eastwood and Bedsente Gomis both worked their way back in to the thoughts of Southend United manager Phil Brown by impressing in a behind-closed-doors friendly against Gillingham yesterday. Eastwood was among the goalscorers in a comfortable
WESTCLIFF’S Ben Morley is a young man on a mission to show what he can do on the speedway track. The 20-year-old has been wowing crowds at the Hammers track at Lakeside and earned the praise of team bigwigs for his performance as Hammers demolished
A FAMILY of seven are stuck in temporary accommodation nearly nine months after a blaze forced them to flee their home. Paul and Deborah Wilson, and their five children, have still not moved back into their house in Bockingham Green, Pitsea, despite
A ROAD has been closed on Canvey because of a car fire. Firefighters are battling the blaze on Canvey Way, which has been closed while crews deal with the incident. The closure is causing tailbacks. Are you affected? Contact us echo.news
THE first council homes to come to Wickford since 1992 are being built, the Echo can reveal. The last time a batch of council homes were built in the borough, The Soviet Empire had collapsed for just a year, but the Tory-led Basildon Council has
GREAT Wakering Rovers are two wins away from the Essex Senior League title. Rovers played their final home match of the campaign on Tuesday night, hitting six for the second time in a week as they beat London Bari 6-1. It meant they completed
Graham Napier led the attack as Essex claimed a 53-run victory over Derbyshire on the final day of the County Championship Division Two match at Chelmsford. The 34-year-old all rounder limited his opponents to 312 all out, taking three wickets
A HOUSE went up in flames in Basildon. Four crews were called to the home in Mellow Purgess at 10.14am to find the roof alight. It is thought part of it has collapsed. A neighbour dialled 999 after seeing smoke. It is believed the family
A LEIGH nightspot has been sold to make way for a burger bar. Louis XIV, in Broadway, Leigh, has been sold by the Estuary Pub Company group and is closed. The cocktail bar and party venue had been open for eight years. Before that the premises
THE night sky lit up with images of how a Southend community square could look in the future. More than 400 people visited Southend’s Victoria Gateway on Friday and Saturday to see how the community space could be transformed. The event was
PATRIOTS turned out early this year to celebrate St George’s Day in Southend. More than 80 servicemen and women from the Army Cadets, Royal Fusiliers, Royal Artillery, Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy marched in the bright sunshine along Royal
SOUTHEND Hospital staff are paid as much as £1,380 a year less than their counterparts at every other NHS organisation in the country. The trust opted out of a national pay deal in 2006 and a string of local pay freezes have left staff out of pocket
ESSEX audiences will have no need to pack hard hats at a special live cinema screening of the Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time A production of the hit play made headlines around the world in February when the ornate ceiling of London’s
TEMPORARY toilets are to be installed at a popular Hadleigh park. Castle Point Council agreed to build the loos in John H Burrows recreation ground. The toilets, which will come with facilities for men, women and the disabled, will cost about
A MAN accused of trying to murder his ex-girlfriend said he “lost control” during an argument, a court has heard. Matthew Sargent, 30, of no fixed address, was an alcoholic at the time of the attack who drank up to 24 cans of lager a day to cope
A CAKE-MAKING runner had double success as her baking won a gold medal at an international cake show before she completed her fifth marathon. Hayley Wisken, 30, from Great Wakering, spent 87 hours making the cake, which features famous landmarks
WESTCLIFF’s runner Dean Ovel is taking a well-earned break after completing his tenth marathon in eight days. Mr Ovel, a member of the Leigh Striders running club, ran the London race on Sunday to reach his target of 262 miles in just eight days
PLANS for a £1million artificial lagoon on Southend seafront could be in jeopardy after a proposed revamp of Sealife Adventure was delayed. Sealife Adventure owner the Stockvale Group was due to pump £100,000 into a huge treelined tidal pool at
MARK Quirey has vowed to carry on fighting despite his disappointing Eastern Counties senior elite ABA final defeat to Ben Roberts. The Berry Boys ABC super-heavyweight lost on a TKO in the 91kg-plus showdown after the referee stopped the bout
